Aomawa L. Shields - Curriculum Vitae Contact University of California, Irvine Department of Physics and Astronomy 4129 Frederick Reines Hall Irvine, CA 92697-4575 USA shields@uci.edu http://faculty.sites.uci.edu/shields Interests Education Climate and habitability of extrasolar planets orbiting low-mass stars. Multi-dimensional climate models. Interdisciplinary science education and communication. University of Washington (UW), Seattle, WA Ph.D., Astronomy and Astrobiology, 2014 The Effect of Star-Planet Interactions on Planetary Climate Advisors: Victoria Meadows, Cecilia Bitz M.Sc., Astronomy, 2011 University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA MFA, Acting, 2001 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA Sc.B., Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, 1997 Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, NH Graduated with High Honors, 1993 Appointments UC Irvine, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Irvine, CA Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor (2016-Present) UCLA, Los Angeles, CA Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA NSF Postdoctoral Fellow (2014 2017) UC President s Postdoctoral Fellow (2014 2016) University of Washington, Seattle, WA NSF Graduate Research Fellow (2011 2014) Academic Mentor, Pre-Major in Astronomy Program (2013 2014) NSF IGERT Trainee (2009 2011) Research & Teaching Assistant, Department of Astronomy (2009 2014) California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA Scientific Analysis Associate, Spitzer Space Telescope Observatory Planning and Scheduling Team (2008 2009) Scientific Analysis Assistant, Spitzer Science User Support Team (2005 2008) Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA External Affairs Assistant, Outreach and Communications (2003 2005) Griffith Observatory, Los Angeles, CA Museum Guide (2001 2003)
Appointments University of Wisconsin, Madison, Madison, WI (Continued) Research Assistant (1997 1998) Arecibo Observatory, Arecibo, Puerto Rico Summer Research Assistant (1996) Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff, AZ Research Assistant (1994 1996) MIT Center for Space Research (now Kavli Institute), Cambridge, MA Research Assistant (1994 1995) Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA Summer Research Assistant (1994) Funding Selected Fellowships, Awards, and Honors NASA Habitable Worlds program, $405,197, PI Shields, 2017-2020 Over $420k in competitive fellowships from NSF, NASA, and the University of California, among others. 1.1 million CPU hours of computing time from the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). Clare Boothe Luce Professorship (2016-2021) The Origins Project Postdoctoral Award Lectureship (2016) Kavli Fellow (2015) TED Fellow (2015) Rodger Doxsey Travel Prize, American Astronomical Society 225th Meeting (2015) NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowship (2014-2017) UC President s Postdoctoral Program Fellowship (2014-2016) First Place, Astrobiology Science Conference Student Poster Competition (2012) Audience Choice, US FameLab Astrobiology communication competition (2012) NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (2011-2014) Member, Minorities Striving and Pursuing Higher Degrees of Success in Earth System Science Professional Development Program (MS PHD S PDP) (2011-2013) NASA Group Achievement Award, Spitzer Science Operations Planning Team (2010) NSF Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (2009-2011) NASA Public Service Group Achievement Award, Spitzer Observatory Planning/Scheduling Team (2009) Teaching & Benjamin Banneker Institute, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, (2015 16) Mentoring ESS 495 NASA Space Grant Seminar: Rocks-n-Stars, UW (2014) Teaching Assistant, ASTR 101, 102, and 150 ( The Planets ), UW (2010 2011) Science communication workshop, Caltech, UW (2007) Education & Public Outreach Volunteer, UC Irvine Solar Eclipse Viewing Party, August 21, 2017 Founder & Director, Rising Stargirls, 2014 Present (www.risingstargirls.org) Informal talk, STEM Sisters program, School District of Lancaster, Lancaster, PA, May 3, 2017. How we ll find life on other planets, TED (2015), over 1.5 million views on TED.com Should we be looking for life elsewhere in the universe?, TED-Ed (2016) The Universe and Me workshop for middle-school girls at YWCA Pasadena-Foothill Valley, Pasadena, CA, Sept. 20-Oct 27, 2016 Astronomy/Astrobiology week-long workshop in Science Club for Girls program Young Leaders in STEM, Cambridge, MA, July 21-24 2015
Education & Public Outreach (Continued) Refereed Publications Universe: More Than Meets the Eye workshop for middle-school girls at Irving STEAM Magnet Middle School, Eagle Rock, CA, Feb. 25-Mar 9, 2015 E/PO event for middle-/high-school students, Winter Meeting, American Astronomical Society, Seattle, WA (2015) UCLA Astronomy Live! Exploring Your Universe (2014) Panorama Retirement Center, Lacey, WA, June 6, 2014 Pacific Science Center/KCTS 9 Science Café, Searching for Life Around Red Dwarf Stars (2014) Women Fly!, Museum of Flight (2014) Boston Children s Museum traveling exhibit My Sky (2014) Astronomy Panel, GeekGirlCon, Seattle, WA (2014) Astronomy and Astrobiology daylong workshop for girls in YWCA program Girls Without Limits in Olympia, WA (2013) Lakewood High School, Ice and Climate on Extrasolar Planets, Seattle, WA (2013) Burlington-Edison High school job shadow program (2013) Registered role model, Fab Fems (www.fabfems.org) (2013-Present) Making Connections Program, University of Washington, April 6, 2013 American Astronomical Society Astronomy Ambassadors Program (2012-Present) Planetarium Lecturer, UW (2011-2014) 7. Wolf, E.T., Shields, A. L., Kopparapu, R. K., Haqq-Misra, J., Toon, O. B.(2017) Constraints on Climate and Habitability for Earth-like Exoplanets Determined from a General Circulation Model, Astrophysical Journal, 837, 2. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aa5ffc. 6. Shields, A. L., Ballard, S., Johnson, J. (2016) The Habitability of Planets Orbiting M-dwarf Stars, Invited Review, Physics Reports, 663:1-38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physrep.2016.10.003. 5. Shields, A. L., Barnes, R., Agol, E., Charnay, B., Bitz, C. M., Meadows, V. S. (2016) The Effect of Orbital Configuration on the Possible Climates and Habitability of Kepler-62f, Astrobiology, 16, 6. https://doi.org/10.1089/ast.2015.1353. 4. Shields, A. L., Bitz, C. M., Meadows, V. S., Joshi, M. M., Robinson, T. D. (2014) Spectrum-driven Planetary Deglaciation Due to Increases in Stellar Luminosity, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 785, 9. https://doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/785/1/l9. 3. Shields, A. L., Meadows, V. S., Bitz, C. M., Pierrehumbert, R. T., Joshi, M. M., Robinson, T. D. (2013) The Effect of Host Star Spectral Energy Distribution and Ice-Albedo Feedback on the Climate of Extrasolar Planets, Astrobiology, 13, 8. https://doi.org/10.1089/ast.2012.0961. 2. Cowan, N. B., Robinson, T., Livengood, T. A., Deming, D., Agol, E., A Hearn, M. F., Charbonneau, D., Lisse, C. M., Meadows, V. S., Seager, S., Shields, A. L., Wellnitz, D. D. (2011) Rotational Variability of Earth s Polar Regions: Implications for Detecting Snowball Planets, Astrophysical Journal, 731, 76. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/731/1/76. 1. Hunter, D. A., Elmegreen, B. G., Baker, A. L. (1998) The Relationship between Gas, Stars, and Star Formation in Irregular Galaxies: A Test of Simple Models, Astrophysical Journal, 493, 595. https://doi.org/10.1086/305158. What Do You Have to
Selected Press Coverage Do to Get a Water Covered Planet Around Here? Astrobites, June 1, 2017 Astrobiology s Rising Star UC News, February 7, 2017 Faculty Highlight: Aomawa Shields Astronomy in Color, September 29, 2016 A Planet 1,200 Light-Years Away is a Good Prospect for a Habitable World UCLA Newsroom, May 26, 2016 Why I Changed My Life: Acting, Astronomy, and a One-of-a-Kind Career Glamour, May 10, 2016 The Origins Project Announces Recipient of $10,000 Postdoctoral Lectureship Award The Origins Project, February 24, 2016 Aomawa Shields: Life in Unlikely Places Ozy.com, February 11, 2016 Astronomer, actor, role model: TED Fellow Aomawa Shields looks for life on other planets TED Blog, July 10, 2015 NSF Fellow Pairs Art, Astronomy to Hook Girls on Science Education Week, March 18, 2015 Rising Stargirls: Girls of All Colors Learning, Discovering, and Exploring Women in Astronomy blog/the Planetary Society blog, February 4, 2015 The Best Bet for Alien Life May Be in Planetary Systems Very Different From Ours Wired Magazine, January 16, 2015 Meet the 2015 class of TED Fellows and Senior Fellows TED.com, December 17, 2014 A Warmer Planetary Haven Around Cool Stars, as Ice Warms Rather Than Cools University of Washington News Release, July 18, 2013 Guest Scientist, Sci-Trek: Volcanoes, The Discovery Channel (2009) Guest Scientist, Universe, The History Channel (2007) TV Host and Field Reporter, Wired Science, PBS (2007) Service & Memberships Reviewer/Panelist: NSF Member, Division for Planetary Sciences, American Astronomical Society, American Geophysical Union
Invited Talks Contributed Talks Presentation, Breakthrough Discuss Conference, Stanford University, April 20 21, 2017 Colloquium, UCLA, April 12, 2017 Colloquium, Cal Poly Pomona, November 10, 2016 Colloquium, Carnegie Observatories, May 24, 2016 Seminar, Center for Astrophysics and Space Sciences, UC San Diego, May 18, 2016 Public Lecture and Colloquia, Arizona State University, April 4 8, 2016 ITC Colloquium, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, February 25, 2016 Seminar, Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Yale University, February 23, 2016 Seminar, Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, UC Santa Cruz, November 20, 2015 Presentation, Kavli Frontiers of Science Symposium, Beckman Center of the National Academies, November 5, 2015 Colloquium, University of Rochester, October 14, 2015 AST Colloquium, Rochester Institute of Technology, October 12, 2015 Astrophysics Colloquium, UC Irvine, September 8, 2015 Diversity Speaker Series Seminar, NRAO (Socorro), July 6, 2015 Colloquium, NRAO (Socorro), July 7, 2015 Planetary Sciences Seminar, Caltech, May 19, 2015 Keynote presentation, President s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program Spring Retreat, April 25, 2015 TED talk, TED Conference, March 16, 2015 Astrophysics Colloquium, UC Irvine, February 24, 2015 Seminar, Institute for Planets and Exoplanets, UCLA, February 20, 2015 Bromery Lecture, Johns Hopkins University, November 6, 2014 Colloquium, University of East Anglia (United Kingdom), February 7, 2014 Engage: The Science Speaker Seminar, University of Washington, (2013 2014) Solar, Stellar, and Planetary Sciences seminar, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, November 20, 2013 Planetary Science seminar, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, November 11, 2013 American Association of Physics Teachers Summer Meeting, July 15, 2013 Reaching Middle School Girls From Groups Underrepresented in the Sciences With an Innovative Approach to Astronomy and Astrobiology Teaching Astrobiology Science Conference, Chicago, IL, June 16, 2015 The Effect of Orbital Configuration on the Possible Climates and Habitability of Kepler-62f Astrobiology Science Conference, Chicago, IL, June 15, 2015 The Effect of Star-Planet Interactions on Planetary Climate American Astronomical Society Meeting #225, #306.02D, Seattle, WA, January, 2015 Climate Hysteresis for Planets Orbiting Stars of Different Spectral Type Division for Planetary Scienes Meeting #45, #103.04, Denver, CO, October 2013 The Effect of Host Star Spectral Energy Distribution and Ice-Albedo Feedback on the Climate of Extrasolar Planets American Astronomical Society Meeting #221, #333.07, Long Beach, CA, January 2013
Professional References Brad Hansen Professor, UCLA Physics and Astronomy Department Tel: 310-825-5924; Email: hansen@astro.ucla.edu John Johnson Professor, Harvard Astronomy Department Tel: 617-496-9820; Email: jjohnson@cfa.harvard.edu Jonathan Mitchell Professor, UCLA Department of Earth and Space Sciences Email: jonmitch@ucla.edu Victoria Meadows Professor Department of Astronomy Director, UW Astrobiology Program Principal Investigator, Virtual Planetary Laboratory Lead Team University of Washington Tel: 206-543-0206; Email: vsm@astro.washington.edu Cecilia Bitz Professor Department of Atmospheric Sciences University of Washington Tel: 206-543-1339; Email: bitz@atmos.washington.edu Rory Barnes Research Assistant Professor, Astronomy Department of Astronomy University of Washington Tel: 206-543-8979; Email: rory@astro.washington.edu Mary Dussault Science Education Department Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Tel: 617-496-7962; Email: mdussault@cfa.harvard.edu
Aomawa Shields: Publications Refereed Publications 7. Wolf, E.T., Shields, A. L., Kopparapu, R. K., Haqq-Misra, J., Toon, O. B.(2017) Constraints on Climate and Habitability for Earth-like Exoplanets Determined from a General Circulation Model, Astrophysical Journal, 837, 2. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aa5ffc. 6. Shields, A. L., Ballard, S., Johnson, J. (2016) The Habitability of Planets Orbiting M-dwarf Stars, Invited Review, Physics Reports, 663:1-38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physrep.2016.10.003. 5. Shields, A. L., Barnes, R., Agol, E., Charnay, B., Bitz, C. M., Meadows, V. S. (2016) The Effect of Orbital Configuration on the Possible Climates and Habitability of Kepler-62f, Astrobiology, 16, 6. https://doi.org/10.1089/ast.2015.1353. 4. Shields, A. L., Bitz, C. M., Meadows, V. S., Joshi, M. M., Robinson, T. D. (2014) Spectrum-driven Planetary Deglaciation Due to Increases in Stellar Luminosity, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 785, 9. https://doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/785/1/l9. 3. Shields, A. L., Meadows, V. S., Bitz, C. M., Pierrehumbert, R. T., Joshi, M. M., Robinson, T. D. (2013) The Effect of Host Star Spectral Energy Distribution and Ice-Albedo Feedback on the Climate of Extrasolar Planets, Astrobiology, 13, 8. https://doi.org/10.1089/ast.2012.0961. 2. Cowan, N. B., Robinson, T., Livengood, T. A., Deming, D., Agol, E., A Hearn, M. F., Charbonneau, D., Lisse, C. M., Meadows, V. S., Seager, S., Shields, A. L., Wellnitz, D. D. (2011) Rotational Variability of Earth s Polar Regions: Implications for Detecting Snowball Planets, Astrophysical Journal, 731, 76. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/731/1/76. 1. Hunter, D. A., Elmegreen, B. G., Baker, A. L. (1998) The Relationship between Gas, Stars, and Star Formation in Irregular Galaxies: A Test of Simple Models, Astrophysical Journal, 493, 595. https://doi.org/10.1086/305158. Posters and Proceedings 12. Shields, A. L., Barnes, R., Agol, E., Charnay, B., Bitz, C. M., Meadows, V. S. The Effect of Orbital Configuration on the Possible Climates and Habitability of Kepler-62f, Exoclimes, Squamish, BC, August 2016 11. Shields, A. L., Barnes, R., Agol, E., Charnay, B., Bitz, C. M., Meadows, V. S. The Effect of Orbital Configuration on the Possible Climates and Habitability of Kepler-62f, American Astronomical Society Meeting #227, #406.04, January 2016 10. Shields, A., Meadows, V., Bitz, C., Pierrehumbert, R., Joshi, M., Robinson, T., Agol, E., Barnes, R., Charnay, B., and Virtual Planetary Laboratory (2015) The Effect of Star-Planet Interactions on Planetary Climate, American Astronomical Society Meeting #225, #306.02, January 2015 9. Shields, A. L., Bitz, C. M., Meadows, V. S., Joshi, M. M., Robinson, T. D. Spectrum-driven Planetary Deglaciation Due to Increases in Stellar Luminosity, Exoclimes III, Davos, Switzerland, February 2014
Posters and Proceedings (Continued) 8. Shields, A., Meadows, V., Bitz, C., Pierrehumbert, R., Joshi, M., Robinson, T., and Virtual Planetary Laboratory (2013) Climate Hysteresis for Planets Orbiting Stars of Different Spectral Type, American Astronomical Society Meeting, DPS meeting #45, #103.04, October 2013 7. Shields, A., Meadows, V., Bitz, C., Pierrehumbert, R., Joshi, M., Robinson, T. (2013) The Effect of Host Star Spectral Energy Distribution and Ice-Albedo Feedback on the Climate of Extrasolar Planets, American Astronomical Society Meeting #221, #103.04, January 2013 6. Shields, A. L., Meadows, V. S., Bitz, C. M., Pierrehumbert, R. T., Joshi, M. M., Robinson, T. D. The Effect of Host Star Spectral Energy Distribution on Ice Line Latitude in Terrestrial Exoplanetary Systems, Astrobiology Science Conference, Atlanta, GA, April 2012 5. Shields, A. L., Abbey, W., Vance, S. The Effect of Temperature on Fatty Acid Vesicle Formation in Simulated Deep-ocean Conditions, American Geophysical Union, #P21B-1662, San Francisco, CA, December 2011 4. Shields, A. L.., Meadows, V. S., Robinson, T., Crisp, D., Deming, D., A Hearn, M. F., Charbonneau, D., Livengood, T. A., Seager, S., Barry, R. K., Hearty, T., Hewagama, T., Lisse, C. M., McFadden, L., Wellnitz, D. D., EPOXI Earthling Team. Earth as an Extrasolar Planet: Comparing Polar and Equatorial Views of Modern Day and Snowball Earth American Astronomical Society Meeting #217, #349.04, January 2011 3. Scire, E., Chan, B. H. P., Silbermann, N., Shields, A. L.. The Spitzer Bibliography Database: bibliographic statistics, 2010, Proceedings of the SPIE, 7737. 2. Shields, A. L.., Meadows, V. S., Robinson, T. D., Deming, L. D., A Hearn, M. F., Charbonneau, D., Hewagama, T., Lisse, C., Livengood, T., McFadden, L., Seager, S., Welnitz, D. D., EPOXI Earthling Team. Earth as an Extrasolar Planet: Comparing Polar and Equatorial Views Astrobiology Science Conference, 2010, LPI Contribution No. 1538. 1. Shields, A. L.., Nolan, M. C. Impact Simulations into Ice on Europa American Astronomical Society Meeting #189, #19.01, January 1996